Should You Strive For Perfection?

If there is one thing I learned growing up, it is to give any endeavor my all and to strive for perfection. I think one of my greatest fears is to merely live life in the low gears and then look back only to see mediocrity. Scary, huh? When it comes to my writing, I […]

When You Are Short Of Time (Last Installment)

Here we are guys – at the end of our mini series on what to do when you are up to your neck in work and you find yourself short of writing time. Here are the last 3 ideas I want to share with you. Clear up the clutter This time, I am talking about […]

Write More Effectively (Part 2)

In the last post, we talked about how important it is for you, as a blogger, to write effectively. The main focus of the first post in this series is to identify your objective and to adjust your writing style (among other things) according to it. Let us look at other practical ways to make […]

Blog now… It just might get lame later on.

Blog now… It just might get lame later on. You may be a good writer and never run out of good topics to post but sometimes, you end up completely empty of output. Did your writing skills suddenly take a nosedive? Are you tired? Or maybe you’re hungry. You’ve searched high and low and you […]

Tips on Coming Up with Topics – Last Installment

In the previous installment of this series, I started off with the suggestion that you look into comments – both of in your own blog and that of other blogs as well. I just had an additional thought that actually came from a comment to that post (thanks Dexter!): Pay close attention to the questions […]

When You Are Short On Time

Let’s face it – one of the biggest problems that we have as writers is the fact that we often find ourselves pressed for time. This is very true for me. I have a day job which takes up most of my day and I end up trying to squeeze in some writing very early […]